Researchers in Hawaii are pioneering a method to recycle the islands’ derelict fishing nets and residential plastic trash into asphalt roads.

In ACS Central Science, researchers report the discovery of a snail-derived compound that blocks clot formation while still ...

Researchers report in ACS ES&T Water that some wet wipes break down into plastic fibers, or microplastics, that could harm ...

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Join Jennifer Lynch of the Center for Marine Debris Research at Hawai‘i Pacific University as she examines the chemistry behind experimental asphalt pavements incorporating recycled plastics from ...

The story is so improbable it defies belief: a soil sample from Japan stops suffering in Africa. It starts when a scientist discovers a lowly bacterium near a golf course outside Tokyo. A team of ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as forever chemicals because of their extreme persistence. These compounds have useful properties including durability and waterproofing, so ...

Waking up with a pimple is no longer cause for panic, thanks to pimple patches — small, sticker-like bandages that cover and help heal the unwanted zit. A team of researchers publishing in ACS Applied ...

Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they’ve found them — food, water, air and some parts of the human body. But examinations of our innermost organs that aren’t directly exposed to the ...